Species Detail - Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Northern Ireland Mammal Database".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus carolinensis
Grey Squirrel
NHMSYS0000332764 RecommendedWell-formed
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sccar
Gmelin, 1788
Terrestrial mammal
Species
3026
159
32
26/11/1968
22/11/2015
1 January (recorded in 2003)
31 December (recorded in 2002)
Centre for Data and Environmental Recording (CEDaR), Northern Ireland Mammal Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/230/Species/119515>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), image, accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/230/Species/119515>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), image, accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/230/Species/119515>